adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a historic breakthrough
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The agreement was a historic breakthrough in political history.
a historic building (= an old building of historical interest )
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Most of the historic buildings are from the 18th century.
a historic city (= very old and with an interesting history )
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Budapest is a beautiful and historic city.
a historic day (= a day when an event that is historically important happens )
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This was a historic day for the space program.
a historic event (= very important in a country’s history )
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The signing of the peace treaty was a historic event.
a historic landmark
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Rome is crammed with historic landmarks such as the Colosseum.
a historic moment (= a moment that is important in history )
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The fall of the Berlin wall was a historic moment.
a historic occasion (= important as part of history )
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This is truly a historic occasion.
a historic site
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There are numerous historic sites to visit.
a historic/ancient town
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Visitors can go on a tour of this historic town.
historic present
historic proportions (= a size or importance that only rarely happens )
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We were trapped for three days by a blizzard of historic proportions.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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In the last of our summer gardens series, Gargy Patel reports on one of the most historic gardens in the world.
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The idea of turning the most historic room in the nation into a bomb shelter struck me as in exceedingly bad taste.
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building
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Museums, historic buildings and historical sites and places of historic interest are key resources for history teaching.
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Very few were included in the initial lists of historic buildings and as a result a very large number have been demolished.
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In particular, it brought the demolition of most historic buildings in conservation areas under control.
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Some of the most imaginative and interesting places to work and visit are converted historic buildings .
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Old Howgate Inn A schedule historic building of great character.
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Modern developments in the village has meant the loss of many historic buildings .
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This is a wonderful hotel created from two historic buildings .
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Britain's historic buildings - of all types - have a vitally important role to play in our daily lives.
city
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Most of them died in the onslaught which followed, their historic city completely destroyed.
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The beautiful historic city of Edinburgh is only forty minutes away by car, and Glasgow just a little further.
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With castles, mountains and historic cities such Eisenach and Gera, Thuringia is still very attached to its past.
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The region boasts many ancient towns of interest and historic cities whose architecture reveals the splendours of the past.
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This is unfair, for it is a historic city and once in a while something does happen.
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Downstream again and known as Lentia by the Romans is Linz, a picturesque and painstakingly restored historic city .
cost
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In historic cost accounting, capital is measured as the initial capital invested.
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Therefore land, which is not depreciated, will be shown at its historic cost in the balance sheet.
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Unlimited life goods are typically stored at historic cost in the balance sheet and there is no depreciation.
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In fact, this is the weakness of historic cost accruals accounting.
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Monetary assets and liabilities are shown at their historic cost .
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This is known as replacement cost accounting as opposed to historic cost accounting when the original cost is retained.
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The answers using historic cost , replacement cost and net realizable value basis are as follows.
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Answer guide: The cost associated with the depreciation of an asset is based on the historic cost of that asset.
day
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A lavish fete rings in the historic day .
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Scoundreldom has multiplied beyond our ability to contain it, a historic day for New York!
district
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Street selling has always centered in the downtown historic district , a maze of narrow streets and crumbling colonial buildings.
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It raised consciousness about historic preservation, and led to the formation of the numerous historic districts that today ring the downtown.
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In the historic district tourists were already returning.
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Sticks swinging, they descended on vendors selling illegally in the historic district , witnesses said.
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A multimedia presentation on the city's neighborhoods, many of which are historic districts , is planned for a small theater.
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Pier 70: Its small older buildings would make a historic district , Wong believes.
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All of the town of Lincoln is a historic district , which discourages new construction.
event
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Just as the verdicts were about to be announced there came another historic event for the country.
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But he said he has never forgotten the experience of being present at a historic event .
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It was taken was late 1986 and is regarded as an historic event .
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But Septembers have traditionally yielded historic events .
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Their cars still compete in historic events .
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Emily had, by age eighteen, witnessed stirring and historic events .
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All are tied to the enigma of death, and to the complexity of our feelings when faced with historic events .
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But then landmarks also signify the passing of time, a watershed or an historic event .
home
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The families of the nobility have always fascinated the visiting public more than their historic homes and works of art.
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Another idea is to get out and view the gardens and some historic homes .
house
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In the past 13 years, when 250 historic houses and their estates have been sold off, Althorp has flourished.
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It is not a lack of money that keeps parishioners from expanding the historic house of worship.
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If nothing from an historic house is ever to be sold, how is the roof to be repaired?
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A historic house is valued as a capital asset whereas in fact it is virtually a non-income producing liability.
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Dating back to medieval times, Britain's historic houses are one of our greatest treasures.
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Striking the balance between conservation and access becomes ever more complex, both in the countryside and in historic houses and gardens.
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Owners of historic houses are to be exempt from the revaluation for tax purposes included in measures covering commercial property.
interest
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Museums, historic buildings and historical sites and places of historic interest are key resources for history teaching.
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Yet there is much of scenic and historic interest here to delight the leisurely visitor.
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No empty rate is payable on a vacant building listed as being of special architectural or historic interest .
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The woodlands of perhaps the greatest historic interest are those which make up the very extensive Bardney Forest.
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More important is the emphasis on areas, as distinct from individual buildings, of architectural or historic interest .
landmark
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Nelson, historic landmarks from the early days of the fur-trader, the gold miner and the explorer.
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They organized quickly, and had the Tiradito Wishing Shrine declared a national historic landmark .
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It would neither be the subject of uninformed scandal, nor slated to become a national historic landmark in our city.
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Washington the home town and Washington the historic landmark are physically the same but logistically, legally and pragmatically separate entities.
low
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This year's figure of 81,000 tonnes was already a historic low .
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Because demand is so high, the number of listings is at a historic low , too.
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The number of redundancies recorded last year reached a historic low of 250,000.
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The official discount rate is at a historic low of 0. 50 percent.
moment
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He acknowledged that addressing our Conference was an historic moment .
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This historic moment with Pocahontas and Capt.
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Like all the big bosses of the regime, he would have it on film, this great historic moment .
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This is one of those historic moments for the circus.
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What a historic moment in my life, I thought.
monument
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In use as a hospital until 1965, in 1977 it was declared an historic monument and saved from demolition.
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Judges were blown up, policemen shot, historic monuments targeted.
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Free offer Visits to Ulster's historic monuments will be free next weekend.
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It was classified an historic monument the following year.
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Baku town center is filled with stalls, cafes, historic monuments .
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The countryside of Yorkshire is a wonderful landscape of dales and moors, with many historic monuments .
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In the 100-mile city, airports, shopping centres, cultural complexes and historic monuments all have equivalent status.
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The keep's remains will be preserved as a historic monument .
opportunity
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Once again the Democratic party may have thrown away a historic opportunity to retake the White House.
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These historic opportunities are fast disappearing for our community.
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The council says the redevelopment is an historic opportunity for the city, and that they're right to be optimistic.
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That is the great historic opportunity .
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And there is surely a limit to the time which this historic opportunity can endure.
place
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Within a 35-mile radius, you can visit numerous historic places , such as Broadlands, home of the Earl of Mountbatten.
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Now he wants to produce his own film using historic planes set in historic places like Oxford.
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During our visit we visited railway museums historic places , craft and ornamental places.
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Male speaker I think it would be a shame to destroy such a historic place .
preservation
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A Washington-based advisory group on historic preservation must first evaluate the proposal.
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It raised consciousness about historic preservation , and led to the formation of the numerous historic districts that today ring the downtown.
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In some areas, developers who build on public property are assessed special fees to help pay for historic preservation .
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A developer could use historic preservation credits to finance a project there, he said.
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In the 1970s, Tucson was a leader in historic preservation .
site
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Daily itineraries included visits to schools, universities, hospitals, businesses, concerts and historic sites .
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The design organization previously cosponsored annual home tours with the San Diego Historical Society, usually at historic sites and suburban mansions.
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Many historic sites and buildings can be cold even in summer, and warm clothing and appropriate footwear may be needed.
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Now, San Diego history advocates have created a combination tour of both historic sites and scenic vistas.
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Grant aid: Two historic sites in Whitby are to get grant aid from Scarborough Council.
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We believe this to be an important historic site with tremendous re-use opportunities.
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There are many historic sites to choose from, stretching from the Borders to Shetland.
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I went to every Great Plains state, dozens of museums, scores of historic sites , numerous cafes.
town
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Eighteenth-century maps of historic towns often show elaborate formal gardens behind the houses, but very few traces of these remain.
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There's an optional excursion around this historic town before returning to the boat for overnight berth.
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Conservation areas can be spread over large chunks of historic towns or just one street.
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Otherwise, they say, historic towns will be changed for ever.
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This is a historic town , its nucleus occupying an imposing and consequently strategic position on an eminence commanding the river Emme.
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London is relatively poorly served in this respect, as are historic towns subject to significant Conservation Area protection.
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Sestri Levante is an historic town of charm.
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Nor is this just a problem that is eating away the character of historic towns and conservation areas.
victory
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He was Man-of-the-match in the All Ireland club final, a central figure in Sarsfield's historic victory .
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Over the course of the Olympics, he ran eight races in seven days en route to his historic victories .
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Read in studio Cricket ... Oxford University have scored an historic victory against county opposition.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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historic developments in Eastern Europe
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a historic building
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a historic voyage
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In his book, Churchill describes that historic first meeting with Roosevelt.
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the historic moment when Nelson Mandela was released from prison
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But this presumptive privilege must be considered in light of our historic commitment to the rule of law.
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Emily had, by age eighteen, witnessed stirring and historic events.
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I feel stock returns will eventually gravitate to their historic norms of 10. 5 percent annually since 1925.
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In particular, it brought the demolition of most historic buildings in conservation areas under control.
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It must be because they are historic that they have been left standing.
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Other less historic factors have tightened the bond.
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Within days, the historic deal inexplicably fell apart.